Eve Mattress

[phoenix]

Hi paddyb,

I asked him about the Latex and foam, answers as follows:

Dunlop Latex, 60% natural, 40% synthetic.
50 kilo Memory foam

Not sure what that means in terms of quality?

As you can see in the quality/durability guidelines here … the blended Dunlop latex is a good quality and durable material but the 50 kg/m3 memory foam is the equivalent of 3.1 lbs/ft3 which is a lower quality/density and less durable material than I would be completely comfortable with in terms of longer term durability and could be a weak link in the mattress unless the layer is relatively thin (no more than “about an inch or so”). I would also want to know the thickness of each layer and the density of the polyfoam support core as well.

I was asking about the mattress in a box concept in general as it doesn’t appear to be as popular here as it is in the states and I had always associated it with very cheap memory foam mattresses. If you had replied along the lines of “it’s impossible to compress a quality mattress into a box” or “boxed mattresses are never very high quality”, then I’d have been worried, but from initial reading this doesn’t seem to be the case, or am I wrong here… still time to cancel before its delivered!

Compressing a foam mattress for a few weeks during transportation won’t harm most good quality foams but with lower quality foams or with longer term compression (such as foams or mattresses that are shipped from China or stored compressed for longer periods of time in a warehouse) it certainly can. Compressing a mattress so that it can be shipped through courier can also result in savings in the delivery costs but some foams that are firmer or denser or stiffer aren’t as suitable for compression and in this case they need to be shipped uncompressed with a common carrier rather than through a courier. A mattress manufacturer will generally work with their foam manufacturer or supplier to make sure that they are using foams that are suitable for the shipping and compression methods they use.

Also noticed that Leesa are now operating in UK, but are a bit more expensive.

As you can see in the simplified choice mattress topic … they use 2" of 3 lb memory foam which is also a lower quality/density material than I would be comfortable with as well.

Phoenix